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"Jessie's a first-rate hand to drive a bargain-you ought to have heard / her beat Mr. Simpson down, this afternoon," said Oscar, at the / tea-table, one evening.
"I didn't beat him down, nor ask him to take one cent less-he put his / price down of his own accord," replied Jessie.